How much is a 10 year old domain worth?

I have a domain that was regged in 1996 (one of the few that actually kept its original reg date after a dropcatch).

In its own right the domain is worth a fair bit as its a generic .net category killer.

I was wondering however how much its age would add to the value.

Thanks in advance for your ideas...

 

well, i am not very sure what zeros to imagine in the digit.. but i know for sure that a 1 years old thing.NET will worth will worth much much more than 10-years old heh-some-thing.NET..

So it will depend more on the quality of the domain name, which you won't of course reveal here ;-)

Much luck, Ruslan

 

Honestly, it's an address. I don't think the age has anything to do with the value.

 

waffles

Telling that it has nothing to do with age is not right for most of us, it does make a difference, and btw a big one. Google for example considers this when evaluating PR just as evaluates the period a domain is registered for.

Its a generic name as he mentioned, what makes me a little confused is the 'killer' description of it, more info is appreciated.

Good luck, Ruslan

 

I didn't know that. I mean, I knew that a good ranking would be good, but wouldn't a bad ranking be not so good? So wouldn't we have to know what the address is to say how much it's worth.

I figured it was like an old baseball card. Some worth a lot and some aren't and you can't tell the value based only on the age.

 

Depends on the name...

 

Age is generally one of many factors. Every domain appraisal site or company I have seen always considers it as on of the factors in a valuation.

 

If there is a site, an older developed domain has some added value. If it is a domain name only, the sandbox will be applied with any change in registrar and it is treated as a new domain. Google granfathered "domain names only" as long as there was no change in ownership, but to prevent people from going out and just buying a domain name only, it is treated like a new domain as soon as the registrar info changes.

 

depends on the name and the place where you try to sell it... remember NamePros is the forum where users want older domains short in lenght, no dashes nor numbers, with lots of traffic, astounding pagerank, proof of revenue to offer up to $10 for it... according to my partner, lol

 

NamePros is pretty much full of newbies who have no idea what they are doing.

 

This brings up a question then, I owned wutdix.com and was getting over 1,500 hits a month. I was stupid, I was out of town when the domain expired and thought I'd just wait till I got home to renew it and when I did someone else grabbed it. I thought "who would take that domain?" I mean, I made that name up as a teen 25 years ago and made a domain out of it about 5 years ago. Still, I know I was stupid. Anyway, are you saying they will not get my Google search results because of it having new registrar info?

Edit: damn, just noticed I'm a peon 0:

 

And let me get this straight. In 10 years the domain I bought yesturday will be worth money just because of when I bought it? Because that's the way I'm understanding it.

I don't know how y'all can say how much a domain is worth without knowing what it is. Would you say a 30 year old record is worth money because of the age? Because I can show you some on both ends of the spectrum.

To me, age alone tells nothing and I don't see at all how knowing that the domain is 10 years old and nothing else can give it any value.

 

Since some of you have asked, the domain is pinups.net

 

Some comments,

The domain name is good, i can even say a little better than just good. I personally believe that it might be worth a $xxxxx if you find the right customer.

The name, while being away from having any direct meaning or assicciation, cab turned into lots of live projects.. thinking a little would get you to build a website that is related to:

- UPS PIN code service (example)

Try your best, contact UPS marketing manager.. try setting some sort of affiliation or partnership where your site will be a place where UPS clients can track their shipments using some sort of PIN code.. This shall bring you to PR10 and even a higher domain price in less than a year.

Not interested in that? No problem..
Build your own PIN (Universal Payment System).. like it

As i mentioned the name is great and would be just better if you invest a little in it's development instead of that ugly sedo page IMHO.

Either way, good luck.

 

Somehow the "pinups" thing seems better suited for "adult" content... It just has that sound to it.